[linux-lvm] Where is the limit on Max VGs coming from?
Heinz J. Mauelshagen
Mauelshagen at sistina.com
Tue Mar 6 17:15:27 UTC 2001
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 12:40:45PM +0530, Kishore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to know the reason for the limitation for Maximum number of
> VGs, which is 100 currently.
Just, what I've set in order to make a reasonable sized VG table in
the driver.
I did never see a volume manager configure system with more than a couple of
dozens of VGs.
>
> If it was based on bits in minor number, I was under the impression that
> it should have been 255 (where /dev/lvm occupies minor number 0 for the
> LVM Character device interface).
>
> Can someone clarify?
>
> Thanks,
> - Kishore
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